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Vocabulary in context

I. Give Russian equivalents for the following.

1. scores of applicants chasing every job

2. don’t let the jitters side-track you from the main issue

3. jot down your qualifications and experience

4. The interview is designed to find out more about you.

5. Give the interviewer a hard time by giggling, yawning, rambling on unnecessarily or appearing cocky or argumentative.

6. Sell yourself.

7. if you sell yourself short, no one will employ you

II. Find in the text the English equivalents for the following Russian words and phrases.

1. вы и должны нервничать

2. произвести хорошее впечатление на того, кто проводит собеседование с вами

3. узнайте как можно больше о работе заранее

4. если вы будете выглядеть так, как будто вы прибрели с дискотеки

5. внешний вид имеет значение

6. будьте во время

7. говорите ясно и кратко

8. подчеркните, что вы желаете научиться

9. ваше желание работать и чувство ответственности

10. подумайте, как вы себя проявили

Vocabulary in practice

  1. 1. Highlight these words and phrases in the first paragraph of the article. Then work out their meanings from their context - don't use a dictionary.

1 scores of

a) a few b) a large number of c) hardly any

2 chasing

a) escaping from b) running after c) applying for

3 count yourself

a) congratulate yourself for being b) feel proud that you are

c) consider yourself to be

4 the jitters

a) over-confidence b) nervousness c) lack of experience

5 side-track

a) distract b) emphasise c) interest

6 issue

a) argument b) purpose c) difficulty

II. Highlight these words and phrases among the dOs and don'Ts. Then work out their meanings from their context without using a dictionary.

1 giggling

a) arguing b) coughing c) laughing in a silly way

2 rambling on

a) talking for too long b) going for a walk c) hesitating

3 cocky

a) nervous b) proud c) over-confident

4 done your homework

a) practised being interviewed b) worked hard at school

c) found out as much information as possible about the company

5 get caught out

a) be found to be lying b) be in danger c) be wasting your time

6 sell yourself short

a) are too nervous b) are too modest c) don't talk enough

III. Discuss these questions:

• What kind of people are the intended readers of this article?

• Which do you think are the three most important points?

• Can you add one more DO and one more DON’T to the list?

Communication skills development

I. The remarks of this dialogue about a job interview have been mixed up. Rearrange them in a proper order.

- Do you mind if I ask you some questions?

- Which subjects did you study?

- No, that’s all right.

- And when did you come to London?

- When I was eighteen.

- I see. Why would you like to work with us?

- The pay wasn’t good.

- Why did you leave the job?

- In Manchester. I was born there.

- When did you leave school?

- Yes. Did you study maths? Any foreign languages? What?

- In a supermarket.

- When I was sixteen.

- Were you good at it?

- Well, it was all right.

- Which subjects?

- Like? Oh, English. But I didn’t like maths.

- And French? Did you like French?

- Where did you go to school?

- Well. I studied maths and French, History. You know, the usual things.

- Which subjects did you like?

- Well, you know, I was all right. Not good, not bad. It wasn’t very interesting.

- Where did you work?